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Quirks of fate spell the end for much-loved music store.
Retailer Paul Quirk closes the doors on the last of his family's independent record stores and moves his business online
Last Saturday hugely-respected indie retailer Paul Quirk turned out the lights and locked the doors on the last of his family's independent music stores, Quirk's in Ormskirk.
Quirk, who will serve out his term as chairman of the Entertainment Retailers Association, is going to continue the business online, selling music through the Quirk's website (www.quirks.co.uk), as well as third-party sellers like Amazon.
However, with the lease on the Ormskirk shop running out, coupled with the inevitable march of time, Quirk says that this was a logical step to take.
The move ends more than 50 years of indie retail history. The original store was opened by Quirk's parents in Formby in 1954 as a radio and music shop, selling 78s. Paul Quirk himself joined in the Sixties, as sales moved on to LPs and seven inches and then in 1975 ...
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